Big waves in the gulf sideline oil skimmers again
Sunday, July 4, 2010 - 19:42
in Earth & Climate
Boats are idled off Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. And resort cities try to lure tourists even as some beaches are closed to swimmers. High seas once again idled oil-skimming boats across much of the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, as some coastal communities improvised ways to woo tourists despite the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which forced closure of their waters to swimmers over the...